These days, I can be a pretty restless woman. I am constantly trying to figure out what is best for me and how I can get there. Whether it is fair to or not, I use my dad’s passing as an excuse. After his death I am constantly nagging about how life is too short not to do what you enjoy and love. Of course, that doesn’t always work with paying the bills and enjoying a comfortable lifestyle. I sometimes get frustrated that I can’t just be happy where I am, and I wonder if I am the only one who feels that way.
Lately, I can’t shake the constant battle cry in my head that I am not living my values. My life does not truly align with what I find most important in this world. I am not going to get into specific details at this point, but what I do know is that I am going to start doing some deeper soul searching to figure out what I want. What is important to me? What truly are my values? What changes can I make in my life so that I am more fully living out those values? These are some big questions that I honestly haven’t looked at for awhile, and luckily I now have the chance to do so.
Depending on where you are and what is happening in your life, maybe you don’t have the time to go through these questions. However, perhaps you can look at one of them to make you more aware of what is important to you. The answers to these questions can change over time as well, so it may also be a matter of redefining some values you already have. Whatever you do, I hope you can make some time to reflect on some of these questions.